Dictyostelids Evolution, Genomics and Cell Biology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Romeralo, Maria (Editor), Baldauf, Sandra (Editor), Escalante, Ricardo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Developmental biology.; Biodiversity.; Evolutionary biology.; Microbial genetics.; Microbial genomics.; Animal anatomy.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Microbial Genetics and Genomics.; Developmental Biology.; Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology.

Since their discovery in 1869, the dictyostelids have attracted the attention of scientists in a wide variety of fields. This interest has stemmed from their peculiar lifestyle and developmental properties, which were shaped by the evolutionary forces that generated multicellularity during eukaryoti...